The videos mentioned above often depict cockatoos in a very excited state. Don’t allow your cockatoo to become over-excited.I will put money on the fact that those videos depict the day’s best 3 minutes with that bird and that the endings of some of the videos were edited out.įor anyone considering a cockatoo, I want to offer three pieces of advice that might help you avoid ruining your life and the life of your new cockatoo. There is an abundance of very entertaining videos posted all over that make life with a cockatoo appear to be the most fun a human could ever hope for with a companion animal. As it turns out, the traits that make us fall in love with cockatoos are the same ones that cause their behavior problems and land them in rescues everywhere. There are specific traits that they have that make it nearly impossible to avoid anthropomorphizing their behavior. The cockatoo, specifically the white ones, are parrots that excel at pulling on our heartstrings. However, our humanness is also the very thing that makes us try so hard to get it right. One of the biggest struggles we have in doing things right for our parrots is with our humanness because it makes something that should be completely natural feel like work. It is even harder to WANT to see things from their perspective because sometimes it is a harsh look at the realities of nature.Īnthropomorphizing is a hole we don’t want to fall into. However, we are human, and it is hard to see things from a parrot’s perspective. The “fort” is a nest and the bird is definitely not playing. It has nothing to do with having found their other half. In reality parrots choose mates based on their ability to produce healthy chicks and defend their nest. However, when we allow ourselves that convenience it causes us to make mistakes in our care for our parrots, such as allowing them to “play” in a “fort” they are building inside a dark cabinet. An example of this would be the presumption that parrots fall in love like humans do based on the fact that they choose a mate for life.Īnthropomorphizing is a tool that many humans use to try to make sense of things that they don’t understand. It means to assign human traits to things that are not human, such as a parrot. PEARL Parrot Rescue is an all-volunteer and foster-based organization located in Pittsburgh, PA.If you are the kind of person who has scoured the internet to learn everything available about your parrot, you have no doubt come across this word “anthropomorphism”. LARRY AND BABY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Both of them really like wooden toys that they can shred. Along with the cage, the birds will need a variety of perching and toys to keep them busy. The adoption fee is $600 with the adopter providing a cage that meets at least the minimum 64"x32" requirement. Though their current housing is our prefered cage size, they could live in a 64"x32" divided cage. At their foster home, they live happily in a large 80" x 40" cage with a divider and enjoy separate out of cage time. Larry and Baby are a bonded pair with a twist they must be adopted together however they prefer to live in separate, but close, cages.
It is normal for parrots to call out to their flock mates first thing in the morning and at the end of the day. Keep in mind that in general, cockatoos can be loud, and their vocalizations mainly occur in the morning and evening. Loves: Almonds, dancing, getting all of the attentionĭislikes: Veggies (but his foster mom is working on it) Likes: Flying, stepping up, giving nose boops, head scratches, and his new diet of: pellets, fresh fruits, and a small number of nuts and seeds given as treats.
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Larry is active, smart, and full of personality! He is the shyer of the two birds, taking a little longer to warm up, but once he knows you, he is extremely affectionate and loves to dance. He and his friend Baby came to the rescue from a much loved home after his owner grew older and could no longer provide the attention he deserved. Meet Larry! He's a beautiful, sweet and loving Goffin's Cockatoo believed to be roughly 30 years old.
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